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by habeanf 824 days ago
You're right, and I've done both. My review doesn't appear in the list of reviews.

What's crazy is that a scam app is the #1 organic search result for 'bitcoin wallet', above blockchain.com and coinbase.

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(1) How much more valuable do you think it is to the scam app developer to appear at the top of the search results than for a legitimate wallet developer?

(2) Do you think a legitimate wallet app will engage in the same black-hat SEO tactics a scam app developer will?

> (1) How much more valuable do you think it is to the scam app developer to appear at the top of the search results than for a legitimate wallet developer?

Well, the scammer got CAD $150k out of the reddit guy I linked to and I lost a slightly smaller amount - and we're just two out of who knows how many thousands of app store users that installed this app. I'd say people trust the top 5-10 results quite a lot.

> (2) Do you think a legitimate wallet app will engage in the same black-hat SEO tactics a scam app developer will?

I think all the black-hat SEO in the world should not be able to surpass the obvious value disparity compared to legit apps with hundreds of thousands of installs and hundreds of reviews.